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Alexander Pope. (1688–1744) (continued)

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And mistress of herself though china fall.

Moral Essays. Epistle ii. Line 268.

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Woman ’s at best a contradiction still.

Moral Essays. Epistle ii. Line 270.

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Who shall decide when doctors disagree,
And soundest casuists doubt, like you and me?

Moral Essays. Epistle iii. Line 1.

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Blest paper-credit! last and best supply!
That lends corruption lighter wings to fly.

Moral Essays. Epistle iii. Line 39.

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P. What riches give us let us then inquire:
Meat, fire, and clothes. B. What more? P. Meat, fine clothes, and fire.

Moral Essays. Epistle iii. Line 79.

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But thousands die without or this or that,—
Die, and endow a college or a cat.

Moral Essays. Epistle iii. Line 95.

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The ruling passion, be it what it will,
The ruling passion conquers reason still.

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Extremes in Nature equal good produce;
Extremes in man concur to general use.

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Rise, honest muse! and sing The Man of Ross.

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Ye little stars! hide your diminish’d rays. 1

Moral Essays. Epistle iii. Line 282.

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Who builds a church to God and not to fame,
Will never mark the marble with his name.

Moral Essays. Epistle iii. Line 285.

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In the worst inn’s worst room, with mat half hung.

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Where London’s column, pointing at the skies,
Like a tall bully, lifts the head and lies.

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Good sense, which only is the gift of Heaven,
And though no science, fairly worth the seven.

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To rest, the cushion and soft dean invite,
Who never mentions hell to ears polite. 2

Moral Essays. Epistle iv. Line 149.

Note 1.
See Milton, Quotation 90. [back]

Note 2.
See Brown, Quotation 3. [back]

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